Why has no one posted on such a great song? It's obvious to me this is a psychedelic drug-inspired song, mostly because it makes no sense... but its great just the same. Its the best Monkees song imo, even better than Daydream Believer (but that song is great too).
Even if the Monkees did not write the song, I'm sure they communicated with the song writers how their lives were at the time. They movie HEAD in which this songs comes from was going to be a new direction for the band. They wanted to drop their prefabricated image and adopt a more serious aproach. Much of the movie has scences that related to this change.
Even if the Monkees did not write the song, I'm sure they communicated with the song writers how their lives were at the time. They movie HEAD in which this songs comes from was going to be a new direction for the band. They wanted to drop their prefabricated image and adopt a more serious aproach. Much of the movie has scences that related to this change.
"A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
And it cannot rejoice" The executives did not take them serious. The band were just objects to make money from. An overdub has...
"A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
And it cannot rejoice" The executives did not take them serious. The band were just objects to make money from. An overdub has no choice--they flet they were just hired hands recording for the executives. "But the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye" The porpoise is the audience, the fans. The fans were the ones who really enjoyed the band and the Monkees were thanking them and saying goodbye because they were leaving their prefabricated image. "Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while" means that the Monkees were doing the silly things (their tv show) for the fans for however long it lasted. They say goodbye several times in this song to show that the old Monkees were going and a the new Monkees were coming.
Some may argue that the movie was just as silly as the show, but most would have to admit that they were at least trying to change their image. One of the first scenes of the movie shows a military man blasting another man in the head with a pistol. This was actual vietnam footage and was real. The movie, even though tame by today's standards, was actually one of the first movies to garner a R rating.
Why has no one posted on such a great song? It's obvious to me this is a psychedelic drug-inspired song, mostly because it makes no sense... but its great just the same. Its the best Monkees song imo, even better than Daydream Believer (but that song is great too).
Even if the Monkees did not write the song, I'm sure they communicated with the song writers how their lives were at the time. They movie HEAD in which this songs comes from was going to be a new direction for the band. They wanted to drop their prefabricated image and adopt a more serious aproach. Much of the movie has scences that related to this change.
Even if the Monkees did not write the song, I'm sure they communicated with the song writers how their lives were at the time. They movie HEAD in which this songs comes from was going to be a new direction for the band. They wanted to drop their prefabricated image and adopt a more serious aproach. Much of the movie has scences that related to this change.
"A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice And it cannot rejoice" The executives did not take them serious. The band were just objects to make money from. An overdub has...
"A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice And it cannot rejoice" The executives did not take them serious. The band were just objects to make money from. An overdub has no choice--they flet they were just hired hands recording for the executives. "But the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye good-bye, good-bye, good-bye" The porpoise is the audience, the fans. The fans were the ones who really enjoyed the band and the Monkees were thanking them and saying goodbye because they were leaving their prefabricated image. "Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while" means that the Monkees were doing the silly things (their tv show) for the fans for however long it lasted. They say goodbye several times in this song to show that the old Monkees were going and a the new Monkees were coming.
Some may argue that the movie was just as silly as the show, but most would have to admit that they were at least trying to change their image. One of the first scenes of the movie shows a military man blasting another man in the head with a pistol. This was actual vietnam footage and was real. The movie, even though tame by today's standards, was actually one of the first movies to garner a R rating.